Brochure, "Ford Charcoal Briquets, For Homes Hotels & Restaurants Ships Yachts Workshops Camping & Picnics," 1935-1941

Ford Motor Company sawmills created heaps of wood wastes. Some was used to produce steam for factory operations. The rest was carbonized and compressed into charcoal. Workers mixed charred hardwood chips with starch, forming nearly 100 tons of charcoal briquettes each day. This 1930s brochure suggests the many uses for this Ford byproduct.